On Dec 5, 2014, at 1:56 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> The car, which has already an order list of 250 units, will cost between 1.5 > to 2.5 million Indian rupees (24,000 to 40,200 USD). > > [...] > > The car can achieve a maximum speed of 150 km per hour and > according to Vyas it will come in three battery options, the lead acid, > lithium ion and supercapacitors. “For each charge, the car can go 1,000 kms. > The lead acid version would take eight hours to charge, the lithium ion > battery would take two hours to charge, and the supercapacitors would take > less than five minutes to charge,” he claimed. Is it just me, or does this seem too good to be true? That's twice the range of the Tesla...on lead acids? A supercap car for $40K? Supercaps that charge that much faster than A123 / CALB batteries -- and a charger that can handle the current? And a paltry 150 km/h limit for a low-slung wide-track aerodynamic car with battery pack with those specs? I like the DeLorean / '80s Lamborghini styling. And, hell, if it's for real, I could even imagine saving up a few pennies for one -- or, at least, its battery pack. I'm just very, very, very skeptical that the claims will survive past the showroom floor. b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141205/28660ef2/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
